Cliff White

Sustainable fisheries group El Centro Desarrollo y Pesca Sustentable (CeDePesca) is beseeching Mexico’s law enforcement agencies to do more to find and punish the killer of Minerva Pérez Castro, the chair of the Baja California branch of the National Chamber of Fishing and Aquaculture… Read More

Barramundi Group plans to conduct a comprehensive restructuring scheme as it deals with financial difficulties. In a 6 September press release, the Singapore-based barramundi farmer announced it has hired KordaMentha, an independent advisory and investment firm, to “implement a comprehensive… Read More

Gumusdoga Seafood, one of Turkey's larger aquaculture firms, recently cut production in response to shrinking demand. But, it doesn’t plan to do so again. Founded in 1997, Gumusdoga has remained family-owned, even as it has grown into one of Turkey’s top seafood firms, conducting… Read More

Irish building materials firm Kingspan is continuing a marketing push to inform Asia’s seafood industry about its insulation solutions for food processing, chilled, and cold applications.

The company is a global leader in producing insulation with high thermodynamic efficiency. Its QuadCore technology is specifically geared toward the food and beverage industry, aiding food manufacturing processes and temperature-controlled storage,

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North Sea Seafood is aiming for a bigger market share in Asia.

The Bergen, Norway-headquartered processor and trader of salmon, trout, and whitefish has grown quickly since it was founded in 2011, primarily selling into continental Europe.

But, North Sea Seafood COO Espen Engevik said the company has charted a path to further development through Asia, as well as North America.

“The last four years has brought massive growth for us, but as

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AKVA group has taken over construction of Årdal Aqua’s post-smolt facility in Årdal, Norway, following Billund Aquaculture’s bankruptcy. When complete, the Årdal facility will consist of four post-smolt modules, each with a capacity of 1,500 metric tons. AKVA… Read More

Jason Chua knows Singapore’s seafood preferences like few others.

Chua is the chief executive of Sincere Food, one of the biggest food suppliers, including both wholesale and value-added seafood products, to Singapore’s hotel, retail, and catering (HORECA) sector. Established in 1998, Sincere Food now supplies around 85 percent of the HORECA market in Singapore.

In recent years, the company has acquired Premium Deep Sea Seafood to

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Asia-based seafood start-ups are having a moment.

The seafood industry’s newest unicorn – a start-up that has achieved a USD 1 billion (EUR 902 million) valuation – is Bandung, Indonesia-based eFishery, which offers fish and shrimp farmers an end-to-end platform to access to feed, financing, and markets. And numerous other Asia-headquartered companies, including India’s Captain Fresh, FreshToHome, and Licious have

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Vinh Hoan has won the Best New Product award at the 2024 Seafood Excellence Asia seafood product competition, presented at Seafood Expo Asia on 4 September. The Seafood Excellence Asia Awards recognize product leaders in the Asian seafood market. Winners are selected by a panel of judges at… Read More

The costs of the ongoing U.S. ban on wild-caught shrimp from India continue to mount and are now estimated at around USD 500 million (EUR 452 milion).

The U.S., the top of buyer of Indian shrimp, banned imports of wild-caught shrimp from India in 2019 because they are often caught without the use of turtle excluder devices, though India claims endangered turtles are typically not found in the areas where the country's shrimp is caught,

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